It was the name given to a speech by Winston Churchill. It is about the sacrifice of the British people in beginnings of WW2. Fighting for freedom over tyranny, it is worth dying for. The Brits were on their knees at this point in 1940, and so they are again in 2008, their own govt. has turned the country into a mere shadow of its past.

"Never was so much owed by so many to so few is the name commonly given to a speech made by Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill at the height of the Battle of Britain on August 20, 1940. The actual line in the speech is Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few, although the abbreviated form is commonly used in popular culture."